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See, the fun thing about bot lane, is that Malz is not the only mage who gets hilarious pushing power due to having infinite mana.

You only get a certain number of minions per wave. Your pushing power needs to reach a certain threshold, after which any extra pushing power is completely irrelevant. If you can push 3 times better than being able to clear minions without letting them touch your point, you aren't impressing anyone.

The thing about Malz is, he pretty much forces you to buy a certain item, and he needs to be ganked no matter what. It's very very difficult to push him out of lane.

However, ganks and that one item do counter him, very hard. AD Malz doesn't have to worry about QSS as much, but getting ganked hurts worse since you can't utilize your aoe as much. Voidlings don't play nice vs 2 targets.

And then die horribly? There is nothing that gives Amumu an advantage over Malz, AP or AD.

QSS doesn't even really counter AP Malz anymore (aside from the MR). If you know they have it, just save Ignite and Malefic Visions for after they use it to break your ult, and before they get out of range, and you lose hardly any damage.

AD Malz is a totally faceroll broken build and always has been, but it's 100% because of the infinite mana from the aura and health relics. That build is not even remotely viable on SR without being fed constant blue buffs.

And then die horribly? There is nothing that gives Amumu an advantage over Malz, AP or AD.

QSS doesn't even really counter AP Malz anymore (aside from the MR). If you know they have it, just save Ignite and Malefic Visions for after they use it to break your ult, and before they get out of range, and you lose hardly any damage.

AD Malz is a totally faceroll broken build and always has been, but it's 100% because of the infinite mana from the aura and health relics. That build is not even remotely viable on SR without being fed constant blue buffs.

Amumu walks all over anyone bot lane after BFT. Even if you get caught in Malz ult, just make sure you're standing next to him and your tears will probably hurt him more than he hurts you.